Indigo Airlines also called Indigo Air, GoIndigo, or simply IndiGo is a budget airline based at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi and has its head office in Gurgaon. This budget carrier also has hubs at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata. The airline commenced operations on 4th August, 2006 by operating a flight from Delhi to Imphal. This rapidly growing low cost airline is owned by InterGlobe Enterprises, a Gurgaon based company operating in the travel and aviation sector for about 20 years. Industry stalwarts like Rakesh Gangwal, Rahul Bhatia, and Bruce Ashby are part of the IndiGo brand. Mr Ashby, the Chief Executive Officer of the airline was the Executive vice President of US Airways.

Route Network

Here is a list of the domestic destinations served by IndiGo Airlines.

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Assam

Guwahati - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Dibrugarh - Dibrugarh Airport

Bihar

Patna - Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport

Chhattisgar

Raipur - Raipur Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport

Goa

Vasco da Gama - Dabolim Airport

Gujarat

Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

Vadodara - Vadodara Airport

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu - Jammu Airport

Srinagar - Srinagar Airport

Karnataka

Bangalore - Bengaluru International Airport

Kerala

Kochi - Cochin International Airport

Thiruvananthapuram - Trivandrum International Airport

Maharashtra

Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Nagpur - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Pune - Pune International Airport

Manipur

Imphal - Imphal Airport

Orissa

Bhubaneswar - Biju Patnaik Airport

Rajasthan

Jaipur - Jaipur International Airport

Tamil Nadu

Chennai - Chennai International Airport

Coimbatore - Coimbatore Airport

Tripura

Agartala - Agartala Airport

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow - Amausi Airport

West Bengal

Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

IndiGo also plans to serve destinations in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South West Asia. The airline has already obtained permission for the same from the civil aviation ministry. Before flying on international routes, airlines are required to put in five years of service in the domestic circuit, and IndiGo Airlines would be completing this time frame in August 2011. The destinations expected to be covered include Muscat, Dubai, Bangkok, and Singapore.

Fleet Information

Indigo Airlines has a young fleet of about 40 A320 aircrafts. In the 2005 Paris Air Show, the airline placed an order for about 100 A320 aircrafts. This order was worth approximately US$6 billion and is scheduled to be delivered by 2016. On 11th January, 2011, the airline also inked a Memorandum of Understanding for 180 Airbus A320s, which includes 150 A320 New Engine Option (NEO) aircrafts. It is the largest such order in the history of commercial aviation and is expected to be delivered from 2016 to 2025.

Baggage Information

IndiGo Airlines entitles every paying passenger to a free check-in baggage of 20 kg. Baggage exceeding this weight limit is charged Rs 100 per kg per sector. Infants do not get any checked baggage allowance. The airline can deny permission for the carriage items not complying with the safety regulations. Passengers are also entitled to a single piece of hand baggage weighing not more than 8 kg. Its dimensions should not exceed 55cm + width 35cm + height 25cm.

Awards Won

Indigo Airlines has been decorated with a number of awards. Some of the most prominent ones include
. The NDTV Profit Business leadership Award for 2009 in aviation category,
. the CNBC AWAAZ Travel Award '09,
. one of the 50 Best Companies to Work for in India by the Great Places to Work Institute in association with the Economic Times in 2009,
. Best Domestic Low Cost Carrier in India for 2008.

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